Part one of term paper
The war between the United States and Spain was caused by unsettling tension between the two countries; Spain, at that time, one of the world's great powers, maintained colonies including Cuba, which lay only ninety miles from U.S. soil. Lasting from April until August, 1898, the war was fought to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule. During the ...

Part two of term paper
... that the United states would fight rather than to have Europe to obtain more land or interfere in the western world. American citizens of the late 19th century had vivid memories of the Cuban revolt of 1868-1878, a long and exhausting conflict called the "Ten-Years War" that essentially ended in a draw. In 1895 a depression in Cuba made conditions worse, and revolution again broke out threatening to go on indefinitely as the rebels would be strong enough win, nor would the Spanish forces ...